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Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

A man who didn’t come to a full stop when making a right turn at a red light on Athens’ Eastside Tuesday afternoon landed in jail after the officer who stopped him for the infraction found drugs and a gun in the car, Athens-Clarke police said.

George Devas Staley, 26, of 177 Highland Park Drive, rolled through the red light when turning his car from Gaines School Road onto Cedar Shoals Drive at about 6 p.m., police said.

After the officer stopped the car in front of Cedar Shoals High School, he smelled an odor of fresh marijuana. The officer searched the car and found marijuana, cocaine, a pill grinder, a scale and corner bags, according to police.

Staley, who told the officer he had a concealed-weapon permit, was charged with possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of cocaine and possession of drugs in a school zone, police said.